Only 16 cases of bilateral ureteral endometriosis have been reported to date. A contiguous spread of the disease is generally thought to be the mechanism of ureteral involvement. We report a case in which the left ureter contains both intrinsic and separated extrinsic forms and the right one an extrinsic ...

Osteomas of the petrous temporal bone, inaccessible to clinical examination are rare. Three such cases are reported, one in the internal acoustic meatus, one in the middle ear, and the other on the posterior surface of the petrous ridge, emphasizing the role of radiology in their diagnosis evaluation, and as ...

A patient with known pelvic endometriosis suffered from recurrent episodes of retrosternal pain in the chest at the time of menstruation. Evaluation during an episode revealed subcutaneous emphysema of the neck and a pneumomediastinum without pneumothorax. This is the first report in the English literature of pneumomediastinum due to endometriosis ...

Osteoid osteoma is rarely located in the hamate. Only five similar cases have appeared in the international literature, and none have appeared in the Spanish literature. In a 15-year-old girl, the lesion was excised en bloc, and the defect was filled with a bone graft. Two and one-half years after ...

Pseudocyst of the auricle (benign idiopathic cystic chondromalacia) is rare. Only 20 cases have been previously reported in the literature. Our study retrospectively reviews 21 additional cases. We conclude that idiopathic cystic chondromalacia can occur in both sexes, in all races, and at any age. The differential diagnoses for idiopathic ...

In a review of the literature, it can be determined that large osteomas of the mandible are relatively rare. Of those that have been described, the location is normally posterior to the premolars on the lingual surface of the mandible or in the condylar area. This article presents a case ...

Six cases with a coexistence of endometriosis and genital anomalies among 112 patients with external endometriosis and 90 patients with genital anomaly were detected. Three cases of severe endometriosis associated with uterovaginal duplication, unilateral renal agenesis and ipsilateral blind vagina and the latter in a patient with Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome are ...

The present report describes a case of external endometriosis in a 28 year old female gorilla (Gorilla gorilla). Microscopical examination of a pelvic mass observed at necropsy revealed ovarian tissue together with uterine glands and stroma, fibrous tissue and many siderophages. Theories of pathogenesis of external endometriosis are briefly reviewed.

Pelvic endometriosis associated with massive ascites is an unusual occurrence. Only 12 cases have been reported since 1954 when Brews first described this entity. The authors present two cases recently encountered at Saga Medical School Hospital. Clinical courses and operative findings are described and other cases from the literature are ...

Generalized myasthenia gravis developed in a 61 year old man with the hypertrophic form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). While ocular abnormalities mimicking myasthenia gravis have been reported in CMT, and two patients with atypical CMT have had features consistent with ocular myasthenia, this is the first report of generalized myasthenia ...

One case of extensive endometriosis with ascites in a young nulliparous woman is reported. The patient had been maintained on suppressive therapy with danazol for over two years, demonstrating the feasibility of conservative management in this extremely rare form of endometriosis. However, long-term efficacy and potential for fertility remain to ...

Two cases of Addison's disease associated with myasthenia gravis are reported. This association has been described only rarely in the literature. In the first case, there were marked immunological abnormalities. It is most likely that the origin of the adrenocortical insufficiency in the second case is tuberculous. The pathogenetic mechanism ...

We will describe a case of a rapidly growing osteoma of the orbit in a young boy presenting with orbital cellulitis. The subsequent discussion elucidates the clinical and radiographic features of osteoma and attempts to clarify the confusing terminology surrounding the histopathology of the three main types of osteoma. Patients ...

A well-documented case of extraovarian endometriosis undergoing malignant transformation is presented. A vaginal focus of endometriosis was biopsied over a 13-year interval during which time progression from benign to malignant disease was observed. Exogenous estrogen replacement was administered throughout the interval of transformation. The pathology, pertinent literature, and implications of ...

A case is presented of vesical endometriosis treated surgically in a thirty-one-year-old woman who presented with hypogastric pain and a pelvic mass. Echography showed an intravesical tumor, and cystoscopy led to a presumptive diagnosis of bladder endometriosis. The clinical features, diagnosis, and management are discussed, based on a review of ...

Numerous case reports have described idiopathic hypertrophy of the skin on the dorsum of the hands. Many different and confusing names have been assigned to these conditions. A case report of a patient with pachydermodactyly is presented, with a discussion of the literature, in an effort to clarify the identification, ...

Leiomyomatosis peritonealis disseminata (LPD) is an impressive clinical entity in women of reproductive age in which multiple nodules stud the pelvic and peritoneal surfaces, often mimicking disseminated carcinoma grossly. It has been associated with pregnancy and oral contraceptive drug use. In recent years, LPD has been reported with increasing frequency, ...

Advances in radionuclide imaging have facilitated the accurate diagnosis and surgical excision of osteoid osteoma. While radionuclide imaging has been inconsistent in the diagnosis of certain problems, its accuracy in the diagnosis of osteoid osteoma has been frequently stressed. To date, no case of a negative bone scan in the ...

A case of osteoma cutis with successful result of treatment is reported. This rare cutaneous disorder is characterized by the deposition of miliary well-circumscribed pinhead-size masses of ossification in the subcutaneous facial tissue. The etiology and pathogenesis of this disease remain poorly understood.

Endometriosis associated with massive ascites is an unusual combination unknown to most practicing gynecologists. Only 11 cases have been reported since this entity was first described by Brews in 1954. The authors report an additional case recently encountered at the Bethesda Naval Hospital. A review of the literature and tabular ...

True back pain is uncommon in children and adolescents. The authors report a case of scoliosis associated to osteoblastoma in a very unusual site--the rib. This particular location was reviewed in the literature and appears to have an incidence of 0.41% as compared with osteoid osteomas and osteoblastomas in general. ...

A case of idiopathic or Fournier's gangrene of the scrotum is described with unusual extension to the perineum. The clinical features of this disease are summarized. The literature is reviewed for extra genital extension of this gangrene of unknown aetiology. Coincidental association between infections with Onchocerca volvulus and scrotal gangrene ...

The authors discuss the 20 cases of intracapsular metaphyseal osteoid osteoma of the neck of the femur found among the total 186 cases of osteoid osteoma on the files of the Tumour Centre of the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute. They assess the diagnostic methods that can be used to determine the ...

A case of a benign osteoblastoma or osteoid osteoma in the maxilla of a 20-year-old female, treated by a conservative surgical approach, has been reported. It has been suggested, as has been done by others in the past, to consider the benign osteoblastoma and the osteoid osteoma of the jaw ...

Two cases of osteoid osteoma of the capitate bone are described. This lesion is rare in the capitate: only ten cases have been reported. Noctural pain was the most significant clinical feature, with characteristic relief by aspirin. The findings on routine x-rays, although not very typical, were sufficient to establish ...

A retrospective review of pregnancy in patients with myasthenia gravis at Duke University was conducted. Twelve new cases of pregnancy in eight myasthenic mothers are reported. In general, thymectomy was the primary treatment modality in these patients and preceded the gestational period in all cases. The clinical course of myasthenia ...

Of the female subjects with pelvic endometriosis 1.2 per cent are found to have involvement of the genitourinary tract. Ureteral obstruction secondary to endometriosis is uncommon and usually is unilateral. We report a case of renal failure with hypertension due to bilateral ureteral obstruction from pelvic endometriosis. Ureteral endometriosis and ...

Two cases of idiopathic avascular necrosis of the scaphoid are reported and it is suggested that the aetiology could be the same as that recently described for Keinboeck's disease by Beckenbaugh et al. (1980). The condition described in this paper is a different entity from that described by Preiser (1910), ...

Fractures of the acromion are rare. Conservative therapy in the majority of cases results in return to full function of the shoulder. Occasionally, however, a painful pseudoarthrosis will develop and surgical care is required. The American literature reports several cases of acromial fracture but has not specifically addressed the treatment ...

Among 72 thymic tumors that were examined we have found five (7.5%) thymolipomas. Two of these patients have had clinical symptoms. One, a five-year-old boy, has had an erythrocyte hypoplasia as well as a hypogammaglobulinemia. The other patient, a 56-year-old man, has had myasthenia gravis. This case is the second ...

The epidemiologic investigation on schistosomiasis in 21,496 Cambodian refugees residing at Ban-Kaeng Holding Centre was conducted by using the skin sensitivity test as a screening test. A positive diagnosis of Schistosoma mekongi was confirmed in 74 of these cases through ova recovery in the stool. The resultant prevalence of schistosomiasis ...

The diagnosis of catamenial pneumothorax should be suspected whenever a women in the third or fourth decade of life has recurrent right-sided chest pain temporally associated with menstruation. This entity was first described in 1958 and since then, 59 cases have been reported in the English literature. There is no ...

In 32 patients with thalassemia the spectrum of rib changes, including widening, osteoporosis, localized lucencies, cortical erosions, "rib-within-a-rib" appearance, subcortical lucency, and extramedullary hematopoiesis, is reviewed. This material is supplemented by the radiographic and computed tomographic findings in a specimen of spine, posterior ribs, and extramedullary hematopoietic masses. The relevant ...

The relationship between the thymus and the pathogenesis of myasthenia gravis is reviewed. Ten cases of myasthenia gravis who underwent thymectomy at the American University Hospital of Beirut are presented. The various pathologic features of the thymus encountered in myasthenia gravis are presented. The indications for thymectomy and the results ...

There have been 17 reported cases of histologically proved thoracic endometriosis and 27 cases of probable thoracic endometriosis based upon repetitive symptoms associated with menstruation and response to suppression of ovarian function. Two additional cases of probable thoracic endometriosis are reported. Seventeen of these 46 patients also had proved pelvic ...

Massive ascites associated with pelvic endometriosis is an unusual occurrence. Two cases recently encountered by the authors are presented, and 7 additional cases from the literature are reviewed. Clinical courses and operative findings are described, and the management of the cases is presented. The etiology of ascites is explored and ...

Congenital atresia of the uterine cervix is a rare Müllerian anomaly. About half of the reported cases are associated with pelvic endometriosis. We describe a 20-year-old woman with congenital cervical atresia and pelvic endometriosis whose manifesting symptoms were primary amenorrhea and pelvic pain. Surgical treatment consisted of excision of bilateral ...

Endometriosis in women is a frequent disease and not uncommon is the implant of ectopic endometrium in the colon and rectum. In the present study three cases are reported without intestinal symptoms related to endometriosis, in which the intraoperative findings of thickened and stricturing areas of the colon and rectum--generally ...

A case of postmenopausal endometriosis is presented. Symptoms started 14 years after total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oöphorectomy for endometriosis following oestrogen administration. The disease had a protracted course and eventually responded well to radiotherapy. Certain aspects of postmenopausal endometriosis are discussed.

Silicone injection therapy for soft tissue augmentation gives excellent results when the material is applied in small amounts, especially in correcting deep folds on the forehead or in the nasolabial region. Unfortunately, one must sometimes cope with an unpleasant complication, which is not easy to overcome: the formation of a ...

A case of osteoid osteoma of the spine that recurred as an osteoblastoma 16 years after surgery is reported. Consequently, the authors suggest that osteoid osteoma and osteoblastoma originate from the same cellular element and are of the same nature. The only differences are their size and the reaction of ...

A review of the literature on osteoma of the jaws as well as its relationship to Gardner syndrome was presented. A case report of a compact or ivory osteoma that had been slowly enlarging for a minimum of eight years was described. The one-year postoperative examination has shown no discernible ...

The clinicopathological features of 2 cases of ureteral endometriosis are presented. The difficulties in diagnosis and surgical management of ureteral endometriosis are discussed. We emphasized the importance of frozen section during surgery for the lower one third of ureteral obstruction in premenopausal woman. Moreover, it is suggested that the surgical ...

Two pairs of siblings with myasthenia gravis, belonging to two different families, are reported. This is the only record of familial myasthenia during the past twenty years, in a total of 145 patients seen at the Neurological Clinic of the São Paulo Medical School. In spite of the fact that ...

An 18-year-old woman was evaluated for aching mid thoracid back pain of 4 years' duration. At 13 degrees left thoracic scoliosis was noted in association with a sclerotic process involving the inferior portion of the vertebral body of T7 and the superior margin of T8 across a well maintained disk ...

A case of periosteal benign osteoblastoma arising in the mandible of a Caucasion male aged 9 years is presented. A review of the literature has produced 24 additional benign osteoblastic neoplasms of the jaws which have been delineated as osteoblastoma or osteoid osteoma. There seems to be a predilection for ...

A case of catamenial pneumothorax in a 34-year-old woman is presented. Typically recurrent, right-sided pneumothorax associated with menses occurs in a 30- to 40-year-old woman with endometriosis. The right-sided occurrence is attributed to the frequency of congenital perforations of the right hemidiaphragm. Aberrant endometrial tissue is thought to gain access ...